Heat breaks a little, but storms hit Midwest and South

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The heat began to break and deadly storms came to the Central and Southern plains on Wednesday, as the sweltering bubble of triple-digit temperatures shrank to just over the size of Texas.

Storms in Kansas, eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas brought rain and winds gusts up to 70 miles per hour in some areas in the early hours, according to Accuweather.com climatologists.